Looking at moving furniture to Oahu? Here is my advice, put a lot of thought and planning into what you want to do and spend before shipping furniture to Oahu. We priced out getting pods or palettes to ship our belongings. Just our living room was looking around $5000 to ship, it wasn’t making sense. So we calulated that if we sold our stuff and only made 50 percent of what we paid, we would still save more money by just rebuying furniture in Oahu.
For example, if all of your furniture that you own cost you $10,000, it would probably cost that to ship it. If you could sell it all for around $5000 and then ship small items with the post office. Keep in mind living space is smaller in Oahu, so you wont need to buy as much furniture when you get to Oahu. Use the $5000 you made from your sales and save $10-$15000 trying to ship. You will need to take time and thought and see if this plan works for you, it did for us! If not the best prices we found for shipping items was the same as the car transport
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What is the cheapest way to ship to Hawaii?
Yes, there are some ways you can save some money on shipping to Hawaii. We have mentioned them throughout our Moving Your Belongings to Hawaii Guide, but will summarize and review them here. Ways to save money when moving your belongings to Hawaii include:
- Only bring the essentials– the items you really need. Remember, the easiest, cheapest way to move to Hawaii is to move with very little. The Hawaii lifestyle is all about enjoying the outdoors, appreciating what you have, and living with less. Just keep in mind, Hawaii is an expensive place to buy items and also a hard place to find specialty items.
- Save money whenever possible. Look for opportunities, no matter how small. Every dollar counts and really starts to add up towards the end of your move. Rather than paying for brand new boxes, stop by your local wine or grocery store and ask if they can put some aside for you. Remember to do this in advance; don’t try to stop by the week before you move and expect a ton of boxes.
- Use a freight forwarder. Usually cheaper than going directly through a shipping company, but may involve a longer wait or arrival time due to the fact that they need a full barge in order to depart.
- Share a shipping container with somebody. This is a great way to go and can cut shipping costs in half, but be careful, and make sure to be involved when it comes to packing the container.
9. What’s the fastest way to ship household goods to Hawaii?
Oftentimes, you wait until the last minute to start thinking about moving and packing. We highly recommend you don’t do this when it involves moving to Hawaii. You are basically moving overseas, so it is a more complicated process than moving on the Mainland. You can’t just fill up a bunch of moving trucks; you have a couple more steps you need to take. However, if you would like to know the quickest way to move to Hawaii, there are a couple things you can do to save some time.
- Move with as little as possible. This has been stated over and over again throughout Moving to Hawaii: The Ultimate Guide to Shipping Your Belongings. It saves time and money. The less you have, the less time it takes to pack and move it. Donate, sell, or get rid of any items you don’t need to bring with you. Only bring the essentials (see Question #1).
- Mail your belongings. Mailing your belongings is the fastest way to get them to the islands. This is, however, only helpful if you are moving over with very little, or you only mail the items you will immediately need to use. This is because it will cost more to mail a lot of items than it would to ship them.
- Choose a shipping carrier over a freight forwarder. If you choose a shipping carrier over a freight forwarder, you will save some time. Freight forwarders usually have to wait a little longer before they depart from port because they wait for full loads. Shipping carriers offer to ship less-than-container loads, so even if you don’t have a lot of stuff to ship, you can still choose to go with a shipping carrier and take advantage of their faster arrival and delivery times.
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